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The hosts discuss President Biden's pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Mo theorizes that the Democrats might intentionally delay or allow the nomination to fail (blaming Manchin or Sinema) to keep Black voters engaged for the 2024 election, rather than giving them a "win" too early.
The Equal Justice Initiative documents thousands of racial terror lynchings, such as the 1916 murder of Jeff Brown in Mississippi for accidentally bumping into a white woman. A researcher from The Economist links historical lynching rates to lower modern voter registration among Black citizens. The segment critiques how politicians like Joe Biden use this "ghost" of historical terror to suggest that failing to vote for the Democratic Party is equivalent to returning to "chains."
Promoter Bob Arum revealed that the famous 1967 "Ali Summit" was originally organized by Jim Brown to convince Ali to take a "sweetheart deal" from the Johnson administration. The deal would have allowed Ali to avoid the draft by performing boxing exhibitions for the military, similar to USO shows. Instead, Ali spent two hours convincing the other athletes that his refusal was correct, leading them to support him publicly.
Kanye West met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss prison reform and the 13th Amendment. Accompanied by Jim Brown, West delivered a freewheeling monologue while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. The media reaction was polarized, with figures like Michael Eric Dyson criticizing West as a "ventriloquist" for white supremacy.
